Ancient Rome DBQ



Name: ____________________________________ Period: _____ Date: _______________

World Studies—Ancient Rome DBQ

Directions: Answer the following guiding question in a well-developed essay. YOU MAY ONLY USE THE SPACED PROVIDED. Just a friendly reminder, you may use PENCIL or PEN with BLUE or BLACK ink only. If you have a question, please RAISE YOUR HAND.

Guiding Question

To what extent was Roman culture like our own today in the United States?

Directions: The following question is based on the documents provided.  As you analyze the documents, take into account both the source of the document and the author’s point of view.

Be sure to:

1. Carefully read the document-based question. Consider what you already know about this topic. How would you answer the question if you had no documents to examine?

2. Now, WITH A PARTNER, read each document carefully, underlining key phrases and words that address the document-based question. You may also wish to use the margin to make brief notes. Answer the questions that follow each document by jotting down a few words or phrases to help you frame your essay.

3. ON YOUR OWN, write a well-organized (2-paragraph) essay in which you should explain (2) two ways in which Roman culture is like our own . The essay should be logically presented and should include information both from the documents and from your own outside knowledge of the topic.

Document 1

An Outline of Roman Government during the Republic:

|Executive Branch |Legislative Branch |Judicial Branch |

|The two leaders of the executive branch, the consuls, |The most powerful part of the legislative branch |The judicial branch had six judges who were |

|were elected for just one year by the upper class. They |was the Senate. The Senate was a group of about |elected every two years. They were in charge of|

|supervised the Senate and ordered the Roman army during |300 male citizens who owned land. They could tell |deciding punishments that criminals would |

|wars. Other members of the executive branch were the tax|the consuls how much money they could spend and on|receive. Their job was similar to the job that |

|collectors, mayors, city police, and other people in |what. These men were appointed by the consuls. |judges have today in the United States. |

|positions of power in cities. | | |

A. According to Document 1, what form of government did early Rome have? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________B. How was the Roman system of government organized? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Document 2

Roman Law - The Twelve Tables

The following document dates from the early Roman Republic (c. 449 BCE). Covering both civil and criminal matters, it was inscribed on large bronze plaques for all to see.

TABLE IV: PATRIA PROTESTAS: RIGHTS OF HEAD OF FAMILY

Ø      Quickly kill ... a dreadfully deformed child.

Ø      If a father thrice surrender a son for sale, the son shall be free from the father.

TABLE XI: SUPPLEMENTARY LAWS

Ø      Intermarriage shall not take place between plebeians and patricians

C.     What do the laws above reveal about Roman society? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Document 3

The coliseum was a stadium-like structure, which held deadly gladiatorial combats and wild animal fights free of charge. the emperor and wealthy citizens often used this free entertainment as a way to subdue the angry lower class of ancient Rome.

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D. For what types of activities did the Romans use the Coliseum? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Document 4

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|At Right: Funerary inscription which reads (in Latin):  | |

|"To the gods of the [afterworld] ,To Julia Chrestes Junius Phoebion for his | |

|wife well deserving it he made it." | |

|D. This inscription is typical of a grave marker found in a columbarium. | |

|What does this grave marker reveal about Roman society? | |

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|________________________________________________________ | |

Document 5

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|At Right: Romans Playing Ball - This fresco shows several young men playing| |

|at ball. It is from an underground tomb in Rome, 1st century CE | |

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|E. What does the fresco to the right reveal about Roman society? | |

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|____________________________________________ | |

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Name: ____________________________________ Period: _____ Date: _______________

World Studies—Ancient Rome DBQ

Directions: ON YOUR OWN, answer the guiding question using the documents that you examined above. Make sure you cite specific examples from at least (2) two of the documents. Provide specific examples about Roman culture and how it is like our own culture today in the United States by providing examples from our own culture that are similar to those of Ancient Rome. – DUE Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014

Guiding Question

To what extent was Roman culture like our own today in the United States?

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